movement disorder

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Movement disorders are clinical syndromes with either an excess of movement or a paucity of voluntary and involuntary movements, unrelated to weakness or spasticity.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OkXsXr2HKPwC|title=Principles and Practice of Movement Disorders|last1=Fahn|first1=Stanley|last2=Jankovic|first2=Joseph|last3=Hallett|first3=Mark|date=2011-08-09|publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences|isbn=978-1437737707|language=en}} Movement disorders present with extrapyramidal symptoms and are caused by basal ganglia disease.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vOQqyNhTDl0C|title=Neurology in Clinical Practice: Principles of diagnosis and management|last=Bradley|first=Walter George|date=2004-01-01|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9789997625885|language=en}} Movement disorders are conventionally divided into two major categories- hyperkinetic and hypokinetic.

Hyperkinetic movement disorders refer to dyskinesia, or excessive, often repetitive, involuntary movements that intrude upon the normal flow of motor activity.

Hypokinetic movement disorders fall into one of four subcategories: akinesia (lack of movement), hypokinesia (reduced amplitude of movements), bradykinesia (slow movement), and rigidity. In primary movement disorders, the abnormal movement is the primary manifestation of the disorder. In secondary movement disorders, the abnormal movement is a manifestation of another systemic or neurological disorder.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FMPNCQAAQBAJ|title=Mayo Clinic Neurology Board Review: Clinical Neurology for Initial Certification and MOC|last1=Flemming|first1=Kelly|last2=Jones|first2=Lyell|date=2015-06-15|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780190244934|language=en}} Treatment depends upon the underlying disorder.{{cite web |url=https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/movementdisorders.html |title=MedlinePlus: Movement Disorders }}